A Khulna court has sentenced five people to imprisonment for life in an explosive case that arose out of the murder of journalist Humayun Kabir Balu.
Earlier, the court had delivered the verdict on the murder case. But the court pronounced judgment on the explosive case on Monday. The judge of the court announced the verdict this morning.
Humayun Kabir Balu, editor of Dainik Janmabhumi and also a freedom fighter, was killed in a bomb attack in front of his residence at Haji Ismail Road in Khulna town on June 27, 2004. The following day, Sub-Inspector Maruf Hossain of Khulna Police Station filed a murder case and an explosive case.
On February 13, 2008, a Khulna speedy trial tribunal had acquitted all seven accused of the murder charge for not having witnesses and evidence.
It may be mentioned that Humayun Kabir Balu was a renowned journalist in Khulna belt and also the country. Like him, two other popular journalists of the region, Manik Saha and Saiful Alam Mukul, were killed by the terrorists. All of them are presumed to be murdered due to professional reasons.
